The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-04
s0UALOR n TIE METROPOLIS.
Pictures Of Life in Shanty Town, New
Ynrl-.-A Rig-Ecadea Prod-gy.

YOrk.-A Big-Readed Prodigy.
It is one Of the odd features OF New
York that among imposing apartment
houses and rows Of hTOvU-tpuc fronts
there should exist such a squaljt settle
melt Of buShwhackers as certainly Is
Sbauty Town.
The inhabitants of that uuattractive
village are by no means pOvcrty--tricEen-
however. They all have ready mnaev
and many OF them more ta@l ~u..r.-
ency of 10. though thoir DWELLINGS, and .Hc
furnishings thereof 80 primitive 81 ;'3o
extreme Family pride is a. rampant
thcreus iutlc houses that I"rtu" broader
and --Iujgitcr avenues Of tine city.
t. one of The huts, in the lower part of
Sharty Town, there Is a pEv5ic"l mon
sUrySr-v that would make the heart Of
dime museum man leap with joy ana
excite the liycliest interest of the scion
tist. Playiu- with the children and Iogs
of that deIccrablc locality is child six
year of age, whose head when he was
ter mouths old measured twenty-five and
hall iuchn~ i'm circumference.
In company with q physician, whose
past services had PLACED him on
familiar footing with the Family. Iri-
UgHD reporter went the other day TO Wow
the young man thus afflicted with the big
head.
Sure. Doctor an I'm very bad, re-
spuricI the mistress of the ShanJy in
reply 10 tine usual inquiries. I have the
uaIa-- uriul and my nerves are all uH-
stIF.l-.
Mr.. Murphy had large, clear blue eyes,
and arr face showed the Telic- of youth
full beauty, but heavy diagonal scar
across her upper lip had drawn it partly
out os shape.
"Huw is wiIIe?" asked the doctor.
d" I want to- measure his head again"
Wil-c toldIed up the walk at this
point to answer for himself.
iir was certainly q most remarkable
specimen of humanity. His slender
limbs shook under the wc. -Ht of his
enormous head. The neck and lower
part of the head were unusually small
but above a plane passing through the
ewes and upper part of the ears t.c skull
Harcd out like the sides of wcll-iiied
balloon. running out TO "A circumference
of twruty-eix and Ouc-h half inches, and up
to q height Of five or six inches The
eyebrows were drawn up an inch and the
deserted eyes were weak and expression
less.
The child staggered a little and wOb-
bled along like an emigrant woman with
an overload Of household goods on her
head thin. narrow chest and pipe
stem arms seemed to hunger for the vi
talitv that the OycrgrOwu head had alb
S0rhed. while The stomach alone showed
aIdormaujc tendencies. There was intel
hEeuc" IN the chlld ana Jhe anlllty 70
talk, but no promise OF second Dahlcl
Nch-tnT.
4 hlE hrulSe on the Iorehead showed
wher" the attraction OF EraNItaJion had
gotten the better "T me uHicrpiWnS
so thaL - the gi"1e "hlch we lA4a,lt
ana the lesser Ei0oe JhaJ S'FNo'l MIN
Tor an upper story had come ioSetner'
sure, ana nc2 atasr pumLlh ms
head all the while, N'lI lirS, Siirphy
in explanation. " The b - run away
from him, AN. he tries TER foi!tr. II
have ter yet HIm goat ter play Wid.
W -Su .ltJ "a nice one we GaughJ up al
HlEh II'.-e IaoJ sunday, WINE: but
ter gru." nt ga'eiLNl |ouIlu let US
bring II down on Tie elevated. Let TEL
rtar meas IRE va-r head, N-Hs, and
VI lille r-. ''i.leA WITH evident splrecia-
tiou or the honor.
This D. what #@ e.ll hvIrocepha-
p" head, said taa DOCTOR as he produced
tnue N m.-su-" and notebook. The brain
IS Df ordinary size and the rest of the
skull is filed with water. Such a child
generally dies in infancy and this is per
AI,r., -bo r.fl11o .r tho aIyr7I1 +l,-o
..r.H Hal